SOLAR WATCH * 312 M & 25 X FLARES starting 3-7-2011 (Updated Daily)

New to studying solar flares. There was just a b class 9.5 mag. Do es anyone know if this could hit us(earth)? Is it bad? Should I keep freaking out every time my solar flare warning goes off? Love and peace too all.

Quoting: kraizee_chick

Hi there, Kraizee_chick welcome to GLP solar watch. I just hope you're not the kraizee-chick I used to date, LOl.If you're new to solar flares and wish to do a little more studying, here's a website I found extremely informative and very accessible to the layman (or laywoman).

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday, November 14 lost the ability to send commands to most of its satellites and its segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow.

The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow.

Officials said the problem may take 48 hours to fix and could theoretically delay the November 19 return to Earth of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab.

"We have not had a connection with the ground telemetry stationed in Russia for the past two hours," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying.

"Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," said the source, while adding the problem could take two days to fix.

Strange excuse or just very bad sharing of infrastructure information between the RSI and whoever was digging close to supposed cables that run satellite communications to multiples of satellites and ISS,not sure if the excuse is such a great One but you never know,it could simply be the case.

Hello Shada : )

The thing that hath been,is That which shall be;and that which is done is that which shall be done:and there is no new thing under the Sun. Ecclesiastes 9:1

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday, November 14 lost the ability to send commands to most of its satellites and its segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow.

The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow.

Officials said the problem may take 48 hours to fix and could theoretically delay the November 19 return to Earth of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab.

"We have not had a connection with the ground telemetry stationed in Russia for the past two hours," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying.

"Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," said the source, while adding the problem could take two days to fix.

Strange excuse or just very bad sharing of infrastructure information between the RSI and whoever was digging close to supposed cables that run satellite communications to multiples of satellites and ISS,not sure if the excuse is such a great One but you never know,it could simply be the case.

Hello Shada : )

Quoting: Spittin'Cesium

More than likely just missed communications with other companies. In the corporate world, it's ironic that more times then not, those in the "Communications" fields are the ones that do not clearly communicate.

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday, November 14 lost the ability to send commands to most of its satellites and its segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow.

The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow.

Officials said the problem may take 48 hours to fix and could theoretically delay the November 19 return to Earth of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab.

"We have not had a connection with the ground telemetry stationed in Russia for the past two hours," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying.

"Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," said the source, while adding the problem could take two days to fix.

Strange excuse or just very bad sharing of infrastructure information between the RSI and whoever was digging close to supposed cables that run satellite communications to multiples of satellites and ISS,not sure if the excuse is such a great One but you never know,it could simply be the case.

Hello Shada : )

Quoting: Spittin'Cesium

More than likely just missed communications with other companies. In the corporate world, it's ironic that more times then not, those in the "Communications" fields are the ones that do not clearly communicate.

Quoting: muse_1111

Yes,I'd agree that is rather ironic

The thing that hath been,is That which shall be;and that which is done is that which shall be done:and there is no new thing under the Sun. Ecclesiastes 9:1

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday, November 14 lost the ability to send commands to most of its satellites and its segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow.

The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow.

Officials said the problem may take 48 hours to fix and could theoretically delay the November 19 return to Earth of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab.

"We have not had a connection with the ground telemetry stationed in Russia for the past two hours," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying.

"Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," said the source, while adding the problem could take two days to fix.

Strange excuse or just very bad sharing of infrastructure information between the RSI and whoever was digging close to supposed cables that run satellite communications to multiples of satellites and ISS,not sure if the excuse is such a great One but you never know,it could simply be the case.

Hello Shada : )

Quoting: Spittin'Cesium

Seems odd but everything does these days.Hello SC : ), waiting to see what this SS grouping will do in the next several days,enjoying cool fall weather here in the midwest, the summer about did me in.lolWill be back to check on things this evening,have a good day/night old buddy!

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday, November 14 lost the ability to send commands to most of its satellites and its segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow.

The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow.

Officials said the problem may take 48 hours to fix and could theoretically delay the November 19 return to Earth of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab.

"We have not had a connection with the ground telemetry stationed in Russia for the past two hours," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying.

"Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," said the source, while adding the problem could take two days to fix.

Strange excuse or just very bad sharing of infrastructure information between the RSI and whoever was digging close to supposed cables that run satellite communications to multiples of satellites and ISS,not sure if the excuse is such a great One but you never know,it could simply be the case.

Hello Shada : )

Quoting: Spittin'Cesium

Seems odd but everything does these days.Hello SC : ), waiting to see what this SS grouping will do in the next several days,enjoying cool fall weather here in the midwest, the summer about did me in.lolWill be back to check on things this evening,have a good day/night old buddy!

Quoting: shadasonic

It is very much like Winter here,well it is Cold at least - We are expecting a Big Freeze this Winter but what with the Weather Patterns not behaving as 'normal' the longer range forecasts have quite a margin of error this Year,though I would personally expect it to be a chilly One - I am hoping for Snow as I am a big kid in that respect(and this)I Luv the stuff : )

Have a good Evening Shads and I'll catch you later perhaps.

Soggy Rice and Mushy Peas.

The thing that hath been,is That which shall be;and that which is done is that which shall be done:and there is no new thing under the Sun. Ecclesiastes 9:1

The model shows the edge of the CME hitting us rather than the denser centre of it.

Quoting: madajs

Thank you for that Madajs Brol' - (Sol Bro')

Do you know which CME this is so I can see it on Cactus?

With regard it not being Dead-Center...I think this can possibly mean that the received Polarity of the CME may be more of just One Polarity when it arrives at Earth,my thinking for this is that I'd expect the further along you get to each outside edge of the Ejecta the more likely it may be that the Polarity will be more of One concentration than the very Center of the Ejecta(This is just my own thoughts,not to be taken as the fact of the matter)and my reasoning is this - In my minds' eye I imagine that the more Central regions of a CME,though generally Denser will involve the toing and froing of the Ejecta's Polarities as they juggle themselves from One end to the other trying to find a more stable 'resting place' with relation to the IMF medium.(Excuse the disjointed manner of the Above ^ ^ )

This may actually not be correct,but I'd expect a process similar to the One I(try)to explain Above in the dynamics of a CME as it travels through the Heliosphere

Hi Hugh...Sorry I didn't answer sooner. I've been gone most of the day and am just now getting caught up on things. So I just saw this from you. Seems I slept through a decent solar storm also last night.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

If I remember right from the last time this happened, it's a radio station or frequency that is being picked up. It happens so like 4 or more times a year. Seams it's been doing it more than that. They may have to find a way to cancel it out of the program on back ground noise. They filter it better...

NiNz and I went through this a few Weeks ago,The equipment picks up more than just Meteors,it will display most any Energy event(within certain parameters)within our Atmospheres - What you are looking at(that looks wild by the way!)is due to Tropospheric Conditions due to the Geo-storming recently...If you look next time we have a Geo-storm you will see the continuous Wave Signal that is presently displayed.

You can find out more about the site by going through the panels on the page and having a dig,here is what I snipped for you regarding 'Enhanced Tropospheric and Sporadic E-Propagation Conditions' -

Snipped -

'Radio Propagation Experiments

Solar activity plays a major role in radio communications. We carry out experiments on various wavelengths examining the relationship between Solar activity and Radio Communications. In addition we also experiment with radio wave meteor scatter and sometimes communicate with other radio stations over thousands of miles using these reflected radio waves.

We utilise two main sites for ionospheric propagation testing and observations. The Observatory at Sidmouth and another site near Ventnor Radar Station on the Isle of Wight.

The meteor radar detection system is also useful for predicting VHF tropospheric propagation. Look for a continuous trace. The continuous wave carrier is received directly during enhanced tropospheric and sporadic-E propagation conditions'. [link to www.meteorscan.com] .

NiNz and I went through this a few Weeks ago,The equipment picks up more than just Meteors,it will display most any Energy event(within certain parameters)within our Atmospheres - What you are looking at(that looks wild by the way!)is due to Tropospheric Conditions due to the Geo-storming recently...If you look next time we have a Geo-storm you will see the continuous Wave Signal that is presently displayed.

You can find out more about the site by going through the panels on the page and having a dig,here is what I snipped for you regarding 'Enhanced Tropospheric and Sporadic E-Propagation Conditions' -

Snipped -

'Radio Propagation Experiments

Solar activity plays a major role in radio communications. We carry out experiments on various wavelengths examining the relationship between Solar activity and Radio Communications. In addition we also experiment with radio wave meteor scatter and sometimes communicate with other radio stations over thousands of miles using these reflected radio waves.

We utilise two main sites for ionospheric propagation testing and observations. The Observatory at Sidmouth and another site near Ventnor Radar Station on the Isle of Wight.

The meteor radar detection system is also useful for predicting VHF tropospheric propagation. Look for a continuous trace. The continuous wave carrier is received directly during enhanced tropospheric and sporadic-E propagation conditions'. [link to www.meteorscan.com] .

Hope that helps you a bit

Quoting: SC 14589973

This site is linked out of the Meteor Detection site [link to www.hamqsl.com] It has lot of Solar/Radio information if you want to find out more.

Only thing I could find was solar wind from a negative then directly followed by a pos. CH?

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan

Wow, I think the chimps at NOAA made a boo-boo, LOL. Look at that Issue Time....haha, almost 24 hours ago. I thought maybe I missed something but it appears to be a glitch unless NOAA now has psychics in Boulder.